Each year, approximately 44,000 mothers and newborns rely on an uninterrupted power supply to receive life-saving medical care in the neonatal intensive care unit. Reliable power saves lives. To ensure this, the RePower Ukraine Foundation has installed a solar power station on the unit’s rooftop.
Ukraine: “Renewables strengthen resilience”
Beyond energy independence, the solar power station positively impacts the environment. It reduces the hospital’s dependence on fossil fuels and lowers carbon emissions. Over the course of a year, it can save approximately 20.64 tons of greenhouse gases — a significant contribution to a sustainable future.
33 kW/30kWh solar storage system
Technical Specifications of the Solar Power Station:
● Type: Hybrid / Rooftop
● Solar Panel Capacity: 33 kW
● Battery Storage Capacity: 30 kWh
● Expected Annual Electricity Generation: 29,480 kWh
● Expected Annual Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 20.64 tons
“We are immensely grateful to our partners Menlo Electric, sun.store, Sungrow and JinkoSolar for providing high-quality equipment — solarsolar panels, battery storage, and inverters. Thanks to their professional and prompt support, it was possible to implement such a comprehensive and crucial project. A special thanks to GIZ for their strategic support and funding of this initiative, which helped equip the hospital with a reliable energy source. By investing in the health of mothers and children, we are investing in the future of our country,” said Svitlana Vovchenko, Director of the RePower Ukraine Charitable Foundation.
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“This project is, above all, about safety. We handle both complex and extremely complex childbirth cases. Our personal record is a newborn weighing just 450 grams. We managed to save the baby, and it survived. However, nowadays, approximately 70% of births involve complications. That is why we rely on a stable power supply—so that during outages, we can focus entirely on the mother and newborn instead of searching for light,” shared Oleksandr Kachur, General Director of the Kyiv Regional Perinatal Center, Doctor of Medical Sciences, and Honored Doctor of Ukraine.
Partnership for more solar and battery storage in the Ukraine
“We are confident that this project will serve as an example for other medical institutions and inspire broader adoption of green technologies in Ukraine”, he added. “The RePower Ukraine Foundation expresses its gratitude to all those who contributed to the project: our partners, donors, and the staff of the perinatal center. Together, we are creating a better future for our children”, Vovchenko said.
Several supporters – project led by RePower Ukraine Foundation
The initiative was made possible with the support of GIZ and the companies Menlo Electric, sun.store, Sungrow and JinkoSolar. The project is led by the RePower Ukraine Foundation in collaboration with other civil society organizations as part of the “Renewable Energy for a Resilient Ukraine”.
The project “Renewables for Resilient Ukraine” (R2U) is commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany (BMWK) with the support of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) in Ukraine and is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. (hcn)
